Test Bank for Leadership Enhancing the.pdf

Test Bank for Leadership: Enhancing the
Lessons of Experience, 9th Edition, Richard
Hughes, Robert Ginnett Gordon Curphy




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, Chapter 1 What Do We Mean by Leadership?

1) Leadership is a complex phenomenon involving the leader, the followers, and the situation.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Characterize the meaning of leadership.
Bloom's: Remember

2) A key reason behind using the phrase "desirable opportunities" in a definition of leadership
was precisely to distinguish between leadership and management.

Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Characterize the meaning of leadership.
Bloom's: Remember

3) Some managers are likely to be effective leaders without ever having taken a course or
training program in leadership.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Characterize the meaning of leadership.
Bloom's: Remember

4) Good leadership is all about calculation, planning, and following a checklist.

Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Characterize the meaning of leadership.
Bloom's: Remember

5) The mere presence of a group can cause people to act differently than when they are alone.

Answer: TRUE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Characterize the meaning of leadership.
Bloom's: Remember

6) Leaders have a short-term view, whereas managers have a long-term view in management.

Answer: FALSE
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Characterize the meaning of leadership.
Bloom's: Remember

7) Leaders tend to ask questions pertaining to the "how" and "when" of situations, whereas
managers tend to ask questions pertaining to the "what" and "why" of things.
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